Check-book holder.



LB. ROBERTSON..

CHECK BOOK HOLDER.

APPLlcATloN FILED 1AN.8.1911.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

To zZZ'fLowm` may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, JAuns B. ROBERTSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bushnell, inthe county of McDonough and l holding or containing books Vor,N blocks of State of Illinois, have invented a new 'and usefulv 'Check-Book' Holder, of which the following is a specification. e I

` My present invention relates to .covers for cation, filed April 19,1916, Serial No. 92,116.

Inthe type of check-books and ,covers therefor just referred to, the checks proper are attached to stubs'on which are printed, in several transversely arranged lines, different amounts or sums, or other data. It

is desired to sever a portion of each stub without detaching it from the check proper. The principal object of the invention is to provide a cover or holderfor the check-book, i

which cover shall securely but removably hold the book, which shall hold a portion of the cut stubs in reyersed position, and which shall include means whereby the stub may be cut transversely in order to leave attached to the check that portion thereof which shall correspond to the amount written by the maker on the face of the check.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan showing the preferred form of holder, and showing also a block or book of blank checks held therein;

Fig. 2, a side or edge view, showing several used stubs as held in reversed position by the novel stub-clip or keeper;

Fig. 3, a perspective 0f the holder;

Fig. 4, a perspective detail of the cutter, an

Fig. 5, a similar view of the plate with which the stub-lock engages.

Considering the drawings in detail, and referring to each element and, where necessary, to each part thereof by a distinguishing numeral, uniformly employed, 2 denotes an elongated flexible strip made of leather of any other suitable material and comprising the base or back. Secured to one of its end portions, as by stitches 3, is a flap 4 which, being unsecured at both ends, convSpecification of Letters Patent. il application sie@ January s, '41917'.V Vvserial No. 141,178.

CHECK-BOOK HOLDER. .i

Patented oct; 9,1917.

stitutes ya sheath which "may Vbe` utilized not only Ato retain the tongue V,5 of the check-book 6: (presentlymore fully described)v but which is further adapted to hold tickets, bills,

checks, cards, or any other thin articles. Each check is shown as comprising ajstub 'portion c and ka checkv portion al.

a@ ,sfila-ras sarai-vr ,1e-tries? The check book per se, not claimed herein,

is shown as comprising a` bookor block of checks the stub-portionsofwhich are printed `withsuch'inscriptions Vas Not over $5.00, ,Not over $10.00, etc., `as shown in Fig. f1,"iii"forder*that they may be cut olf "1(tofpreventjy raising them) at the proper place, as vfully', described `in my copending 'application aforesaid, 'and to the back of each block of checksis secured the tongue 5. In order that the stubs may be severed' iat the proper 'place and neatly I "provide a yclutter 7, L-shaped in 4cross-section, the larger armv 8 of which is suitably secured, as by gluing, between the strip 2 and a lining 9 stitched thereto at 10, 10. "'Vhen the checks and the indicating portion of the stubs have been severed, which may be done by bending the flexible back 2 and sometimes the lining 9, it is desirable to leave perfectly free and unobscured the face of the next check and stub. The user will therefore turn or'reverse the used stubs back to the position indicated in Fig. 2 and insert them under an arch-shaped swinging stub-keeper 12 which comprises a body portion 13 and terminals 14 offset therefrom but substantially parallel therewith. These terminals seat loosely in apertures l5 in ears 15 bent up from the plate 16 which is. held in place between the back 2 and lining 9 by the stitches 10, 10. This form of stub-keeper is much superior to an immovportion, substantially at its midlength b,"

and in order to hold the respective parts in these positions I provide transversely arranged flaps 18, 19, the former provided With a button and the latter with a pring button-receiver 21, adapted, of course. for engagement.

Considerable variation in the ldetails of this construction, Without departing from the spirit of my invention, is possible. Therefore l do not intend to limit myself to the specific form hereinshoivn and described, eXcept Where particularly andspecifically pointed out in the following claims, wherein it is `my intention to claim' as broadly as is permitted by the state ofthe art all the novelty inherent in the invention. y

Having thus set forth the construction and operation, the purposes and advantages of ymy invention,l l'claim as neiv the foll. A check-book holder comprising a back folded upon itself-substantially at'its midlength to form a front and a back, a flap which together "with ,the back `.forms a sheath, a check-book having` a tongueY seated in said sheath, each check ofthe book includi-ng a stub, a plate secured to said front, arranged transversely thereof and provided with upstanding ears adapted tolpre'vent lateral movements of the stubs When the latter are reversed, and a keeper mounted in said ears and adapted to hold the stubs in reversed positions.

Q. A check-book holder comprising a base adapted to be folded upon itself, a cutter attached to the end of said base and adapted to severchecks held therein, means hinged at opposite sides of the base, for holding the checksin reversed position, and means for holding the base together When in douf bled position;

3. The combination With a block and a securing-tongue'attached to one end portion of the back, of a liolder'ijncluding a back, an elements'ecured'theretofandtogether with said back forming a slie'ath'in which said tongue seatsa cutter arranged rat the'other end of the back, 'and a stubkeeper arranged intermediate the 'tonguesecuring elenieiit/andgsaid cutter.V y

A che'clbook lholderI 'including "a sheath adapted yto` beV engaged by ja tonguelileprojection -from the back "of 'a'checkbook, a cutter 'for'severingjthe checks, j arranged l'rei'i'i'ote from the sheath,v a hinged intermediate "said sheath and p extending transversely of t'hfel'iigitudinal line'of the holder. y 'l 'In testimony 'whereof 'I hereunto set my hand this 3rd dayv of January,19,17` v JAMES B. ROBERTSON.

Copies o this patent may be obtained 'for f velfeents each', by addressing the l Commissioner o'f'latfta Washington, D. G.

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